Editing Rob Lowe (section)

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
|-
| 1983
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]
| ''[[Thursday's Child (1983 film)|Thursday's Child]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1985
| [[Golden Raspberry Awards]]
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor|Worst Supporting Actor]]
| ''[[St. Elmo's Fire (film)|St. Elmo's Fire]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 1988
| rowspan=2|[[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| ''[[Square Dance (film)|Square Dance]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|2000
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama|Best Actor – Television Series Drama]]
| rowspan=7|''[[The West Wing]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series|Best Cast – Television Series]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=3|2001
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama|Best Actor – Television Series Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3|[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| rowspan=3|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 2002
| {{won}}
|-
| 2003
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|2014
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]
| ''[[Behind the Candelabra]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]
| ''[[Killing Kennedy (film)|Killing Kennedy]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|2016
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy|Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy]]
| rowspan=2|''[[The Grinder (TV series)|The Grinder]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[People's Choice Awards]]
| [[People's Choice Awards|Favorite Actor in a New TV Series]]
| {{nom}}
|}

In December 2017, Lowe was chosen to receive the Horatio Alger Award for 2018. The [[Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans]] recognizes people who have overcome personal challenges to achieve personal and professional success.<ref>{{cite news|title=Award-Winning Actor, Producer and New York Times Best-Selling Author Rob Lowe to Receive 2018 Horatio Alger Award|url=https://horatioalger.org/haa_news/award-winning-actor-producer-and-new-york-times-best-selling-author-rob-lowe-to-receive-2018-horatio-alger-award/|access-date=December 24, 2017|publisher=[[Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans]]|date=December 5, 2017|archive-date=December 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225034936/https://horatioalger.org/haa_news/award-winning-actor-producer-and-new-york-times-best-selling-author-rob-lowe-to-receive-2018-horatio-alger-award/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 1, 2024, Lowe delivered the commencement speech and received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at [[Savannah College of Art and Design]] in [[Savannah, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Friday |first=Rufus |title=SCAD celebrates Class of 2024 |url=https://www.connectsavannah.com/news/scad-celebrates-class-of-2024-22381777 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Connect Savannah |language=en}}</ref>

In 2025, Lowe was named as an inductee into the Dayton Region Walk of Fame.<Ref>[https://www.whio.com/news/local/dayton-region-walk-fame-announces-2025-inductees/6BCST7ZFVJDWTMPNIXFFW2OTTE/ Dayton Region Walk of Fame announces 2025 inductees]</ref><Ref>[https://www.daytonregionwalkoffame.org/inductees/ Inductees - Dayton Region Walk of Fame]</ref>